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Childcare
I am struggling with the thought of someone watching my infant while my husband and I work full - time.. Any thought or advice?
Re: Childcare
We have a nanny. We were very fortunate to be in the financial situation to pay for it. Because I really think I would have quit my job before I put him in a daycare center.
We have been very happy with her. I trust her, she's part of our family, and DS adores her.
I am currently working in the infant room in a day care. I'm the lead teacher and I love my job very much. I love the babies just as much as their parents do. If you do choose to put your child in a day care, I would suggest looking at several different ones. I'm sure you will find one that works for you in terms of cost, location and just a general good vibe.
However, I totally understand your feelings. I don't have kids yet, but when I do, I will be staying home with them (mainly because to keep my job at the day care, I would have to enroll my child there and it wouldn't be worth it financially anyway).
I do have plans to open my own day home, once we have a house and have our first child.
I hope you are able to find a solution that works for you.
What a vainglorious, arrogant thing to say. You do not love the children just as much as their parents. I love my nieces, who I have had the privilege to help raise and live downstairs from, and I would NEVER claim to love them as much as my brother, their father.
I'm glad you love babies but get a hold on yourself.
I just love my child care center. Before I visited any, it was hard to imagine leaving my DD somewhere when I worked. It made perfect sense when I saw the place, talked to the staff, saw the other children laughing and giggling and having a good time, learning and growing. On my first visit at our current center I swear it felt staged it was so wonderful - like there was a radio announcement before we walked down the hall "key the children, start reading books - parents are visiting".
Go and explore ask for referals and see what might be a good match.
Really? Wow.
And Iteachkids - I'm sure that you adore the infants that you care for, but you most certainly do not love them as much as their parents do.
Anyhow - if you have to/choose to work after having a child, you're going to have to entrust someone else to take care of them while you work. Both of my children started daycare at 12 weeks (my youngest just stared yesterday). I love everything about what a daycare center offers - accountability and caregivers with experience and degrees in child development. I would never want family providing regular childcare, because that family becomes an employee of sorts and things could get messy if their childrearing ideas don't align with mine. I would never be comfortable with a nanny, because I like having more than one set of eyes and ears looking after my child. At the center, there are tons of toys and things to do. It's the caregivers jobs to entertain and interact with my child......no one is getting set in front of a television while laundry gets folded or someone talks on the phone.
Short answer to your question - either find a childcare arrangment that you can live with, find a way to afford staying home with your child, or don't have a child.
Word. You will never know the love of a parent for their child until you become a parent yourself.